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The coproduction of immigrant integration policy and research in the Netherlands: the case of the Scientific Council for Government Policy

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The Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) is centrally positioned within the Dutch research-policy nexus. In particular, it has developed a tradition of involvement in the field of immigrant integration. This paper analyses the role of the WRR as a ‘boundary organisation’ in the development of both immigrant integration research and policy in the Netherlands. It shows that the WRR not only plays a role in the diffusion of scientific knowledge to policy, but also in negotiating the boundaries and the division of labour between research and policy. It operates on the research-policy nexus, but also contributes to the shaping of this nexus. Studying the ‘boundary work’ of the WRR therefore allows us to develop a better understanding of how and why the relationship between immigrant integration research and policy in the Netherlands has evolved from a symbiotic relationship in the 1970s and 1980s to a more antithetical relationship in recent decades. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Peter Scholten, 2009. "The coproduction of immigrant integration policy and research in the Netherlands: the case of the Scientific Council for Government Policy," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 36(7), pages 561-573, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:36:y:2009:i:7:p:561-573
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    1. Eleanor MacKillop & Andrew Connell & James Downe & Hannah Durrant, 2023. "Making sense of knowledge-brokering organisations: boundary organisations or policy entrepreneurs?," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 50(6), pages 950-960.
    2. Gard Ringen Høibjerg, 2020. "‘We Do Not Use Freezers in Syria’: Realignment and the Pursuit of Belonging Among Refugees in a Norwegian Village," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 1083-1096, December.

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